Thursday, September 15, 2011

Tomatoes for thought - La Tomatino

Some things to ponder about -

Population of spain
- 2010 estimate 46,030,109[1] (27th)
- Density 93/km2 (106th)
231/sq mi

Population of India
- 2011 census 1,210,193,422[8] (2nd)
- Density 365.5/km2 (31st)
946.6/sq mi

Anything we do be it Holi or Tomatino we need to be aware that the resources we use are going to be limited. What some others possibly can afford - probably we can't.

Why are we having the festival? Somebody can make money - will they be buying the tomatoes from farmers at a fair price or will it be another profit making venture where costs will be cut at any cost? :)

Will they organize this event responsibly?

What happens after the event to the tomatoes - composted or wasted?

Point to those against the ban favoring democracy (are we really? Is it not a money making venture end of the day? Might as well sell dope/sex legally? Why is burning currency illegal?)

Point to those requesting for a ban - please retain this energy when Holi comes around and million other things that lead to wastage! :)

The trouble is it becomes a nice money making venture we will have more of it as it we don't have enuf of such things already - ganesha festival for example.

What is my take - no take - might as well do something more fruitful! And yes I will stay away from any such 'celebration'! :))

PS: I do celebrate Holi moving to natural colors slowly and using the same pair of clothes or those that are torn out - trying to reduce the amount of water used but yes it is scary (rather scarier) that it has a scale much larger than La Tomatino and nobody will notice loss of water like loss of food - water being a more important resource!!!

1 comment:

Aditya Prasad said...

very well said. am totally and completely against it. Emotional fools the Indians, movies are our heartbeat and gaining money though that sentiments is very easy for organizers !